A good source for information is www.BlindProgramming.com. They have a
listserv that accepts questions regarding programming, and also have a lot
of accessible docs on their web site.



Joseph J. Lazzaro
HTTP://JoeLazzaro.Com

On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Pranav Lal wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Apologies for the cross posting.
>
> I have been appointed as a database administrator. The database is
> Oracle8i. I am having considerable difficulties in accessing most tools in
> Oracle.
>
> The only accessible part seems to be the SQL plus. The rest of the tools
> such as the database configuration assistant have a Java interface. Oracle
> uses it's own Java virtual machine and I have been unable to bind the
> access bridge with it. I am using JFW as my screen reader. I can read every
> thing with the jaws cursor but have no way of telling whether the thing I
> am on is part of a dialog box, if a control is a button etc. When I hit the
> tab key, the focus changes visually but JFW does not say anything. A friend
> suggested that I use frames as prompts however, I am not sure if this will
> work since the control id and the handle are the same for all controls.
>
> I understand that most oracle tasks can be done by using SQL but the
> presentation of data is another issue. plus the tools do make some things
> convenient. Does any one have any idea about improving the accessibility of
> Oracle? I have thought of
>   getting oracle to use the Sun JVM but have no idea if this will work or
> how to go about it.
>
> Pranav
>